63rd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award Winners

Perhaps is my perception but seems that main awards tend to go to European and European co-productions movies which is interesting.  Awards ceremony was really fast which makes us wish the same speed to those traditionally-very-long awards ceremony in America.

I'm glad that a movie that is must be seen for me got the top award as I have to see everything by Rúnar Rúnarsson as his second feature film, Sparrows, seems will be as good as his first one, Volcano. Cheers! and congratulations to Iceland.

So that's it until next year!

Official Selection

Golden Shell for Best Film: Þrestir (Sparrows), Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Denmark and Croatia

Jury Special Award:  Evolution, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, France, Belgium and Spain

Silver Shell for Best Director: Joachim Lafosse for Les Chevaliers Blancs (The White Knights), Belgium and France

Silver Shell for Best Actress: Yordanka Ariosa in El Rey de la Habana, Agustí Villaronga, Spain and Dominican Republic
Silver Shell for Best Actor: (tie) Ricardo Darín and Javier Cámara in Truman, Cesc Gay, Spain and Argentina

Jury Prize for Best Screenplay: 21 Nuits avec Pattie (21 Nights with Pattie), Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu, France
Jury Prize for Best Cinematography: Manu Dacosse for Evolution, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, France, Belgium and Spain

Jury Special Mention:  El Apóstata (The Apostate), Federico Veiroj, Spain, Uruguay, and France

Kuxta-New Directors Award: Le nouveau (The New Kid), Rudi Rosenberg, France
Special Mentions
La Vida Sexual de las Plantas (Sex Life of Plants), Sebastián Brahm, Chile
Tjuvheder (Drifters), Peter Grönlund, Sweden

Horizontes Latinos

Best Film: Paulina (La Patota), Santiago Mitre, Argentina, Brazil and France
Special Mentions
Luis Silva in Desde Allá, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela
Te Prometo Anarquía (I Promise You Anarchy), Julio Hernández Cordón, Mexico and Germany

Other Awards

FIPRESCI Award: El Apóstata (The Apostate), Federico Veiroj, Spain, Uruguay, and France
Feroz Zinemaldia Award: Truman, Cesc Gay, Spain and Argentina

SIGNIS Award: Moira, Levan Tutberidze, Georgia
Special Mention: Amama (When a Tree Falls), Asier Altuna Iza, Spain

TVE Another Look Award: Paulina (La Patota), Santiago Mitre, Argentina, Brazil and France

Solidarity Award: Freeheld, Peter Sollett, USA

Sebastiane Award:  Freeheld, Peter Sollett, USA
Sebastiane Latino Award: Mariposa (Butterfly), Marco Berger, Argentina

Youth Award: Paulina (La Patota), Santiago Mitre, Argentina, Brazil and France

Tokyo Goham Film Festival Award: Noma, My Perfect Storm, Pierre Deschamps, UK and Denmark

Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum EGEDA
Best Project Award: La Omisión (The Omission), Sebastián Schjaer, Argentina, Germany and France
Special Mention: Memorias del Calabozo, Alvaro Brechner, Spain and Uruguay

Cooperación Española Award: La Tierra y La Sombra (Land and Shade), César Augusto Acevedo, Colombia, France, Netherlands, Chile and Brazil

Films in Progress 28 Industry Award: Era o Hotel Cambridge (The Cambridge Squatter), Elaine Caffé, Brasil and France

Irizar Basque Film Award: Amama (When a Tree Falls), Asier Altuna Iza, Spain
Special Mention: Irene Escolar in Un Otoño sin Berlín, Lara Izaguirre, Spain

Audience Award: Unimachi Diary (Our Little Sister), Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan
European Film Audience Award: Shan he gu ren (Mountains May Depart), Jia Zhang-ke, China, France and Japan

Greenpeace Lurra Award (tie)
Psiconautas, los Niños Olvidados, Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, Spain
Un día vi 10,000 elefantes, Alex Guimerá and Juan Pajares, Spain

14th International Film Student Meetings Awards - Short Films

First Prize - Panavision Award, Freak Independent Film Agency /Feelsales Award, BioBio Cine-DuocUC Award and an invitation to participate in the Short Film Corner at Cannes Festival: Nueva Vida, Kiro Ruso, Universidad del Cine, Argentina

Second Prize - an invitation to participate in the Short Film Cornet at Cannes Festival: El Enemigo, Aldemar Matias, Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV, Cuba

Thrid Prize - an invitation to participate in the Short Film Cornet at Cannes Festival: Wada' (Prediction), Khaled Mzher, Deutsche Film - und Fernsehakademie Berlin – DFFB, Germany

Orona Award:  Nueva Vida, Kiro Ruso, Universidad del Cine Argentina
Torino Award: Isabel Lamberti for Volando Voy, Netherlands Film Academy, Netherlands

Euskaraz bizi nahi dut Short Films Awards
Professional Filmmakers
First Prize: Semeak, Iker Azkoitia
Second Prize: Lasterketa, Patxi Basabe
Third Prize: Josuneren Bidaia, Peru Galbete
Amateur Filmmakers
First Prize: Nire eguneroko hautuak, Mattin Zeberio
Second Prize: Balu eta Balitz, Egoitz Albizu
Third Prize: Zentzu guztietan, Andrea Merino

Donostia Award:  Emily Watson
Zinemira Award:  Karmele Soler
Basque Culinary Gastronomiko: Santiago Segura

To check winners at official site go here.

Videos

Awards Ceremony



Premio Lurra 2015 Awards Ceremony Summary



Donostia Award Ceremony